"USN ship numbers?" Topic
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| HesseCassel | 08 Apr 2010 5:02 p.m. PST |
It probably seems awfully lazy, but I'm not much into painting tiny numbers. Anyone know where I can buy sheets of numbers in white that are the right size for 1:2400? Time period is 1942 Guadalcanal campaign. |
Shagnasty  | 08 Apr 2010 7:59 p.m. PST |
The wartime numbers were so small that they probably would be illegible in 1/2400. |
| Mal Wright | 08 Apr 2010 10:22 p.m. PST |
If you must have something….a couple of dots the size of a pinprick is all they would be in WW2. |
 Saginaw | 09 Apr 2010 10:17 a.m. PST |
Mal and Shaggy are absolutely right. USN hull numbers were greatly reduced in size during WWII. Not until after the war were the hull numbers restored again to their prewar style. Here are some visual examples of how the wartime destroyers' hull numbers appeared: link picture picture picture picture Mal has a great idea with the dots representing hull numbers, but as a suggestion, what about legible numbers on your ships' bases? That way they'd still be identifiable. Good luck on your project, HesseCassel!  |
| Jake1945 | 03 Jul 2012 7:32 p.m. PST |
USN wartime hull numbers were 24" high. In 1/2400 that would be…. |
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